0006626: syntax warnings during post-install setup of powershell-empire (possible upstream issue)
Description
Installing powershell-empire from a clean slate via apt results in syntax warnings during the setup phase:
Setting up powershell-empire (3.3.1-0kali1) ...
[] Certificate written to ../data/empire-chain.pem
[] Private key written to ../data/empire-priv.key
/usr/share/powershell-empire/data/agent/agent.py:357: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if cmdargs is not None and cmdargs is not '' and cmdargs is not '/': # strip trailing slash for uniformity
/usr/share/powershell-empire/data/agent/agent.py:357: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if cmdargs is not None and cmdargs is not '' and cmdargs is not '/': # strip trailing slash for uniformity
/usr/share/powershell-empire/data/agent/agent.py:359: SyntaxWarning: "is not" with a literal. Did you mean "!="?
if path[0] is not '/': # always scan relative to root for uniformity
Processing triggers for kali-menu (2020.3.2) ...
Steps To Reproduce
Download a brand new Kali 2020.2a VMware image from the OffSec website
sudo apt -y install powershell-empire
Observe the installation complete and syntax warnings occur during "Setting up powershell-empire" phase
Additional Information
Presumably, this could be fixed by modifying line 357 of /usr/share/powershell-empire/data/agent/agent.py as suggested in the warning, but I have not tested this.
"Presumably, this could be fixed by modifying lines 357 and 359 of /usr/share/powershell-empire/data/agent/agent.py as suggested in the warning, but I have not tested this."
